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French 16th Century, probably Saint-Porchaire (Deux-Sevres), or Paris region French 16th Century (ceramist) Candlestick, c. 1547/1559 lead-glazed fine earthenware Overall (height): 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.) overall (diameter of base): 16.6 cm (6 9/16 in.) gross weight: 707 gr Widener Collection 1942.9.352 |
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Conservation Notes
The white body is impressed with decoration in a clay that shows through the glaze as brown verging on black. The candlestick is entirely covered in a somewhat crackled transparent glaze which has a green cast where it is pooled inside the recess for the candle. The design is heightened with touches of green, orange-brown, purple-brown, and blue-black. The candlestick is broken and repaired above the central swelling ridge with floriated bosses; otherwise it is virtually intact, with only minor repairs. Some cracking of the applied ornament has occurred in the kiln. There is a loose fragment rattling inside the stem.| « | back to gallery | » | continue tour |